Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Kawaramachi Jokyoji Opens
September 15, 2020 For immediate release Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management Co., Ltd. A Hotel in Harmony with a Temple Appears in Kyoto’s Kawaramachi, Its Highlight Being a View of the Main Hall from the Lobby Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Kawaramachi Jokyoji Opens September 28, 2020 New Model Case Regenerating a Temple to Carry on the Historical Place of Worship for Future Generations Tokyo, Japan, September 15, 2020 - Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., a leading global real estate company headquartered in Tokyo, and Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management Co., Ltd. announced today that Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Kawaramachi Jokyoji (167 guest rooms) will open on Monday, September 28, 2020. This hotel is located on Teramachi-dori, known as a repository of historical sites and venerated stores, and has outstanding access to public transportation, being approx. 1 minutes’ walk from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line. The location also makes it highly convenient as a base for sightseeing in Kyoto, being within walking distance of areas that bustle day and night, such as Shijokawaramachi, Pontocho and Gion. This is an integrated temple and hotel development with Tamonzan Torodo Jokyoji Temple that makes it an innovative multi-use building of a type not seen elsewhere, and fulfills a social mission of carrying on a historical temple for future generations. The development integrating with a hotel aims to become a new model case for regenerating temples as is a method for resolving a social issue faced by many temples. Under the hotel concept of “a temple hotel for future generations,” treated pillars of old wood with a black and white tone and decorations derived from Jokyoji Temple are positioned throughout, and the design reminiscent of a temple creates an elegant and quiet space evoking thoughts of an art gallery.
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